{"id":87513,"date":"2019-05-30T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87513"},"modified":"2019-10-12T08:16:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T12:16:33","slug":"thursday-feel-good-stories-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=87513","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/08-churchill-met-tommy-gun-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/08-churchill-met-tommy-gun-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/08-churchill-met-tommy-gun-325x333.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/08-churchill-met-tommy-gun.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Update:<\/h3>\n<p> Oregon clerk fired for pulling gun on robber with hatchet: &#8216;I was scared for my life&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI already knew that as soon as I drew the gun, I was getting fired,\u201d Kristofer Follis told KGW <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Author: Max Barr<br \/>\nPORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 A former Plaid Pantry clerk was fired for pulling a gun on a hatchet-wielding robber last month, the company confirmed to KGW.<\/p>\n<p>Kristofer Follis was working the graveyard shift at the Oak Grove Plaid Pantry on April 28 when a masked man walked in and pulled a hatchet out his pants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was scared for my life, like, what could be happening?\u201d Follis said. \u201cAs he approached the counter, within a second I drew my gun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also called 911 at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The mere sight of the gun brought the would-be robber to his knees, then sent him out the door. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never said anything besides \u2018I&#8217;m sorry, I&#8217;ll leave,\u2019\u201d said Follis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>0 \/ 0 \/ 1<br \/>\nThe mere sight of a firearm stopped a robbery and perhaps worse, and still Plaid Panties fired the young man. This abuse (with video) may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/article\/news\/oregon-clerk-fired-for-pulling-gun-on-robber-with-hatchet-i-was-scared-for-my-life\/277-9e03f7b6-b02a-45c1-ac0f-4195c4a8f74f\">7 KTVB<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Man shot while attempting to rob 67-year-old<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The 67-year-old took out a handgun and fired shots at the offender, striking him in the lower back, police said. <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By Carly Behm<br \/>\nA man was shot while trying to rob a 67-year-old man in Avondale Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>About 3:30 p.m., the 67-year-old man was unloading a vehicle in the back of a business in the 2800 block of West Belmont Avenue when an unknown man between the ages of 20 and 30 years old approached him, police said. The younger man began hitting the man in the head and face before taking his property.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old took out a handgun and fired shots at him, striking him in the lower back, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The younger man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where his condition was stabilized, police said. The 67-year-old was taken to the same hospital with bruising and swelling to his face, and his condition was stabilized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>0 \/ 1 \/ 0<br \/>\nRead the rest, such as it is, here: <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2019\/5\/28\/18643314\/avondale-shooting-robbery-west-belmont-avenue\">Chicago-Sun Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>One arrested after shooting in Springfield Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By Riley Newton<br \/>\nA Springfield man has been arrested and charged, while another has been questioned and released after the two were allegedly engaged in a shoot-out on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas P. Allen, 25, was arrested Monday and scheduled to be in court Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Springfield Police Division officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Woodward Ave. on Monday night after a caller stated that, \u201cThere was two men shooting at each other in front of 1436 Woodward Ave,\u201d according to a police report.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found a victim with a firearm outside a nearby residence on Woodward Ave, according to the police report.<\/p>\n<p>The report goes on to say man was detained and placed in the back of a cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>From a witness at the scene, officers were able to get information about the suspect, Allen, who was inside the residence at 1436 Woodward Ave. Officers set up a perimeter around the house and began to order Allen out of the house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>0 \/ 1 \/ 0<br \/>\nRead the rest of the article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldnewssun.com\/news\/crime--law\/one-arrested-after-shooting-springfield-monday\/UawlVGWqKlTLaaVN5oUFmK\/\">Springfield News-Sun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A quick tally, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, looks like zero morts, two inconvenienced one way or another, and one in the wind. Hope Mr. Follis, the young Oregon man finds employment with a more rational organization. And yes, &#8216;Panties&#8217; was intentional. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them. \u2014 Zachariah Johnson*, 3 Elliot, Debates at 646<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*Too arcane? Go here: <a href=\"http:\/\/ead.lib.virginia.edu\/vivaxtf\/view?docId=lva\/vi00558.xml\">A guide to Zachariah Johnston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gun-girl-19-e1559168263636.jpg\" alt=\"gg 19\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Oregon clerk fired for pulling gun on robber with hatchet: &#8216;I was scared for my &hellip; <a title=\"Thursday Feel Good Stories\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=87513\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday Feel Good Stories<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91883,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87513\/revisions\/91883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}